Monday, May 23, 2016

Confederate Government's Last Days: Series End

This series begins with Confederate President Jefferson Davis in church getting handed a note.  The note was from Robert E. Lee.  It said that the army could no longer defend the capital and was retreating.  He and his government evacuated Richmond and headed south.

The series ends with Jefferson Davis, virtually alone, being surrounded by Federal cavalry and captured.  It is written by Jefferson Davis himself.
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Sunday, May 22, 2016

Collapse of Remaining Confederate Armies

Both major armies, that commanded by Robert E. Lee and that by Joseph Johnston, have surrendered. In the last weeks of May, the armies in Alabama and Mississippi and the Trans-Mississippi Departments surrendered. During these calamities, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, his administration now reduced to a last remnant of escorts, left Washington, Georgia, hoping to reach whatever forces remained west of the Mississippi River.

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Saturday, May 21, 2016

Dynamic Mapping Shows Both Space and Time

Important to historians because it shows how the map changes as years goes by. This technique shows how political boundaries move; it shows how location of economic resources and outputs; and population shifts. Dynamic mapping shows changes, but more importantly, the length of time of changes and how suddenly or gradually the changes took place. What does World War II like in a dynamic map?

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